Create VMFS volumes from the command-line

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I just had to create a couple VMFS volumes from the command-line on a local disk. It’s pretty straight forward but I needed to document it anyway, here it is:

1. fdisk -l (check what the last partition is)
2. fdisk /dev/sda
3. n (new)
4. default (start block)
5. default (end block)
6. t (partition type)
7. 10 (partition 10, just created)
8. fb (vmfs type)
9. w (write config)
10. reboot (Reboot the host before you format the newly created partition)
11. vmkfstools -C vmfs3 /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba0:0:0:10
12. Go to VI Client, Refresh storage view and rename the newly created volume

I was looking for this the other day, and was asking about alignment before the last VMware Roundtable. http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/podcasts/

Full post http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/12/15/create-vmfs-volumes-from-the-commandline/